Mop cleaner



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Patented Sept. 8, 1925.

UNITED STATES RUSSELL BONNELL, or NEW YORK, 1v. Y.

MOP CLEANER.

Application filed March 4, 1924. Serial No. 696,805.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RUSSELL BONNELL, citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mop Cleaners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and enact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

rIhis invention relates to an improved construction of mop cleaners, and more particularly to a mop cleaner which wili be adapte-d to be positioned within a pail or other suitable container and used with or without water as is desired for cleaning with a wet or a dry mop.

An object of the invention is to provide a suitably shaped frame, the same being provided with a plurality of corrugated or bent cleaning elements, and said frame being further provided with a plurality of supporting legs whereby the same may be positioned within and spaced from the bottom of a pail or container.

Other objects will appear as the description proceeds.

In the accompanying drawings which form a part of my application- Figur-e l is a sectional view through a pail showing my improved mop cleaner positioned therein.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view through a pail looking down on top of my improved mop cleaner, and

Figure 3 is a detailed view showing the method of attaching a .supporting leg to the frame.

Like characters of reference are used throughout the following Specification and the accompanying drawings to designate corresponding parts.

My improved mop cleaner is formed in any desired shape, but I have illustrated in the drawings an oval frame l, which is made of heavy gauge wire. A' plurality of clean ing elements 2 are secured on the frame l by means of the twists 3, and extend longitudinally of the frame in spaced relation one with the other. These cleaning elements are preferably formed of heavy gauge wire approximately the same size as that used in the formation of the frame 1, and are formed, as best illustrated in Figure l of the drawings, by bending the wire alternately in opposite direction, in such a manner that the bends will lie in a vertical plane. Suitable supporting legs d are attached to the frame 1 by means of the twists 5, and are formed of approximately the same size wire as used in the formation of the frame and cleaning elements. Several supporting legs will be disposed at different points about the frame l, to hold the saine a distance from the bottom of a pail 6 or other .suitablecontainer into which the mop cleaner is adapted to be positioned.

When it is desired to clean a dry mop, the mop cleaner is placed in an empty pail and the mop placed on the corrugated or looped cleaning elements and agitated so that the dust will be knocked therefrom and wil be caused to collect in the bottom of the pai VVhen-a wet mop is to be cleaned, the mop cleaner will be placed in a pail and the pail filled with water a slight distance above the top of the cleaning elements. The wet mop when dirty will then be placed in the pail on top of the cleaning elements and will be agitated so that the dirt therefrom will be loosened and caused to collect in the bottom of the pail.

While I have described my mop cleaner as being constructed from heavy gauge wire, it will be understood that I do not intend to limit myself specically tothat material, as the same may be well constructed from other forms of metal, wood, fiber, or other suitable materials.

Many minor changes in detail of construction maybe resorted to without departure from the spirit of the invention.

I claimt A mop cleaner comprising a frame, a plu rality of cleaning elements arranged parallel with each other and each secured and supported only by its ends in association with the. frame, each of said cleaning elements having a plurality of spaced vertically disposed projections, and means for supporting the frame.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature.

RUSSELL BONNELL. 

